Watching 1939: Invisible Stripes (1939)

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, th... Read full article

Cinema Connection--Chic in Classic Stripes

Classic stripes are definitely in season right now for summer and the look has a long history. In the early part of the 20th century, Coco Chanel admired the uniforms of sailors in the seaside towns of Deauville and Biarritz where she lived. In a move now known as revolutionary in fashion, she dec... Read full article

Invisible Stripes (1939) Screen Caps

This movie just lent itself to screen caps. I had several "WTF", "OMG" and "FTW" moments while watching the film and there were just way too many choice images I wanted to capture. And here they are! Enjoy. Naked. I fully expect to get traffic from "George Raft Naked" and "Humphrey Bogart Naked... Read full article

Invisible Stripes (1939)

The stripes are invisible because even though they are no longer in jail, they will never be free. Invisible Stripes (1939) watches a lot like another Bogie movie that came out that same year: Roaring Twenties (1939). Instead of James Cagney and Bogie coming home from World War I you have George ... Read full article